Elsewhere

Elsewhere
by Gabrielle Zevin

Elsewhere
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Book Summary Information

Author: Gabrielle Zevin
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-05-15
ISBN: 0312367465
Number of pages: 304
Reading Level: Young Adult
Publisher: Square Fish
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Book Reviews of Elsewhere

Book Review: a great read-aloud
Summary: 5 Stars

This is the second year I've read this book aloud to my fifth grade class. My class gets completely engrossed in Liz's tale and in the author's view of an alternative world. Although my students are younger than the "recommended" age, they certainly understand the story and are sorry when it's over. I cry every time I read it, which is a good model for students of the way that books can affect you. I recommend this book wholeheartedly.

Summary of Elsewhere

Welcome to Elsewhere. It is warm, with a breeze, and the beaches are marvelous. It's quiet and peaceful. You can't get sick or any older. Curious to see new paintings by Picasso? Swing by one of Elsewhere's museums. Need to talk to someone about your problems? Stop by Marilyn Monroe's psychiatric practice.
???? Elsewhere is where fifteen-year-old Liz Hall ends up, after she has died. It is a place so like Earth, yet completely different. Here Liz will age backward from the day of her death until she becomes a baby again and returns to Earth. But Liz wants to turn sixteen, not fourteen again. She wants to get her driver's license. She wants to graduate from high school and go to college. And now that she's dead, Liz is being forced to live a life she doesn't want with a grandmother she has only just met. And it is not going well. How can Liz let go of the only life she has ever known and embrace a new one? Is it possible that a life lived in reverse is no different from a life lived forward?
???? This moving, often funny book about grief, death, and loss will stay with the reader long after the last page is turned.

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